linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c-EEPROM: Export memory accessor

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Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:51:18 +0200
From:	Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
To:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	"Ben Dooks (embedded platforms)" <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Koen Kooi <koen@...inion.thruhere.net>,
	Matt Porter <mporter@...com>, Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@...com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-EEPROM: Export memory accessor

Hi David,

On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:46 PM, David Daney wrote:

> On 10/31/2012 08:56 AM, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>> Various platforms need access to the EEPROM in other
>> places besides their platform registration callbacks.
>> Export the memory accessor to the i2c_client
> 
> i2c_clients are *not* intrinsically memory, so adding this to the generic i2c_client structure doesn't really make sense.   What would the semantics of this interface be with respect to temperature sensors and GPIO expanders?
> 
> NACK.
> 

It's only filled in for EEPROM devices. There's no other I2C memory read interface for kernel clients.

> 
>> and implement
>> it for the at24 driver.
>> 
>> And before you ask, no, the platform callback can't be used
>> for anything that depends on DT.
> 
> Why can't you just allocate (and populate) a struct at24_platform_data for the device if it isn't supplied by whatever created the device?
> 
> 
> 

There are no platform_data in the case of device tree only generic-boards. Everything is configured via the DT and there are
no callbacks. DT is a purely data driver concept.

I'm open to suggestions on how to read an EEPROM from another kernel client, when there's no such thing as platform_data anymore.

Regards

-- Pantelis



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